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Canary Wharf Secondary
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Free school
7 Selsdon Way, London E14 9GL · canarywharfcollege.co.uk · 020 3383 6100
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 52.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Tower Hamlets 47.4, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 417
- 90% of 462 places
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 28.5%
- First language not English
- 23.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 59 families put the school first and 74 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 74 | 59 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 75 | 81 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 75 | 153 | 2▲ | 47% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 81 | 148 | 1.8▲ | 49% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 76 | 158 | 2.1▲ | 42% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 52.9, and 57.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Tower Hamlets it was 47.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲52.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲57.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲70.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ●41.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.73 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 57.9 | +18.5 |
| Sixth form college | 5.3 | −0.8 |
| Further education | 30.3 | 0 |
| Other education | 3.9 | −2.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 1.3 | −10.8 |
| Activity not captured | 1.3 | −4.8 |
Ofsted
Canary Wharf Secondary was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 9 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 9 May 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (129 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 74%
- Replies
- 129
- 27% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied
based on 31 parents (24%) with SEND